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Worldwide, Yoshio (Yoshio , ヨシオ , よしお) is quite a rare male forename. The first name Yoshio is habitual in Japan, where it is quite a rare masculine name, Paraguay, and Mexico. Not in comparison with a country's population, this name is the most popular in Japan, Mexico, and the United States. More prevalently, Yoshio is the last name as well as the forename.
Yoshio is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Yoshio Akamatsu , the Battle Royale character.